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8 March 2007

DH orders review into junior doctor recruitment system

The Department of Health has announced it has ordered a review into the Medical Training and Application Service (MTAS) following
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2 March 2007

Junior doctors say training website is in ‘pandemonium’

The new web-based Medical Training Application System (MTAS) used to recruit junior doctors has ‘descended into pandemonium’, according to the
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1 March 2007

“It’s not about politics – it’s about patients”

In the concluding part of E-Health Insider's exclusive interview with the chairman of the BMA, James Johnson, he tells us
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22 February 2007

Patients key to NPfIT fate

In the first of a two-part interview, BMA chairman, James Johnson, tells Joe Fernandez why patients will decide ultimately the
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22 February 2007

Medical Tablet PC launched by Intel

Intel, Motion Computing and NHS Connecting for Health have announced the launch of a new mobile computing device, designed from
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19 February 2007

Survey reveals doctors’ pessimism about NPfIT

A survey of over 3000 doctors has revealed that the overwhelming majority are not optimistic that the National Programme for
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15 February 2007

BMA chair says smart card policy ‘preposterous’

Connecting for Health’s policy of requiring doctors to repeatedly log-in with a smart card every time they use a computer
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13 February 2007

OJEU notice signals start of GP systems procurement

Procurement for GP Systems of Choice will begin this week and be complete in three months’ time, finally delivering the
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13 February 2007

GP questions Hewitt on ‘vanishing’ C+B services

A GP has questioned health secretary Patricia Hewitt about the use of Choose and Book for demand management as a
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8 February 2007

BMA calls for better OOH information for patients

The BMA has criticised the NHS Direct service for failing to point patients in the right direction for when they
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